Jonathan Mills

I grew up in Somerset, England, an area rich in history, myth, and story-telling. It's where Alfred the Great hid from the Danes in the Ninth Century, where the Duke of Monmouth led the Pitchfork Rebellion against James II in 1685, where countless ghosts, witches and giants have stalked the hills and marshes for thousands of years.

"The Witch of Glenaster" and "The Widow's Thorn" are inspired by these stories, and also by writers such as Ursula Le Guin, Kevin Crossley-Holland, and J.R.R. Tolkien.

I'm currently working on a third book in the series. ​

The Witch of Glenaster

Fantasy

Esther Lanark lives in the shadow of the White Mountain, high on the slopes above the River Anvil, in the southern regions of the known world. Her life is a hard but happy one, but everywhere the shadow of the Witch of Glenaster is spreading across the land, and when their village is destroyed by fire drakes, Esther and her brother Magnus must journey to the far north, encountering swordsmen, wraiths, strange cults, and man-eating insects, in a desperate and increasingly dangerous quest to kill the Witch, and take their revenge.

The Widow's Thorn

Fantasy

​Nearly a year has passed since Esther Lanark fought the Witch of Glenaster, but she is still not safe. As ward of the empire's most powerful man, she is effectively a prisoner, until an old friend appears, and tells her that Magnus, her brother, may still be alive - and that she is in greater danger now than ever. Who can she trust, and how will she escape, when so many people want her dead?